Article Withdrawal, Retraction, Removal, and Replacement Policy

ARTICLE WITHDRAWAL

Article withdrawal may occur when an early version of a manuscript contains significant errors or when a manuscript has been inadvertently submitted simultaneously to Semarang Law Review (SLR) and/or another journal. Withdrawal may also result from violations of academic ethical standards, including but not limited to duplicate submission, false authorship claims, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, data fabrication or falsification, or similar misconduct.

Articles meeting the criteria for ethical violations may be withdrawn by the author(s), accompanied by a formal withdrawal letter addressed to the Editorial Board of Semarang Law Review (SLR).

ARTICLE RETRACTION

An article will be retracted if it is proven to violate academic ethical standards, including duplicate publication, false authorship, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, fabricated or falsified data, ghost authorship, or related misconduct. Retraction may also be used to correct serious errors arising during submission or publication.

Retraction initiated by the author(s) or editor, based on the recommendation of the Editorial Board of Semarang Law Review (SLR), may be implemented as follows:

Before Publication

If ethical violations are identified prior to publication, the manuscript will be returned to the author(s) along with a formal retraction notice issued by the Editor-in-Chief.

After Publication

If ethical violations are identified after publication, one or more of the following measures will be applied:

  1. A retraction notice titled “Retraction: [Article Title]”, signed by the author(s) and/or editor, will be published in a subsequent issue of the journal and listed in the table of contents.
  2. The online version of the article will be preceded by a retraction notice screen, with a link directing readers to the notice before accessing the article.
  3. The original article will remain accessible in its original form, except that the PDF version will be clearly marked with a “Retracted” watermark.
  4. The HTML version of the article will be removed.

ARTICLE REMOVAL: LEGAL RESTRICTIONS

In extremely limited circumstances, it may be necessary to remove an article from the online database of Semarang Law Review (SLR). This action will only be taken if the article is demonstrably defamatory, constitutes misinformation, infringes the legal rights of others, is subject to a court order, or poses a threat to national security.

In such cases, the article’s metadata (title and author information) will remain available, while the full text will be replaced with a notice stating that the article has been removed for legal reasons.

ARTICLE REPLACEMENT

In cases where a published article, if acted upon, could pose a serious risk to health or safety, the original authors may decide to retract the flawed article and replace it with a corrected version. In such cases, the standard retraction procedure will be followed, with the modification that the removal notice will include a link to the corrected and republished article, along with a clear document history.